except

  1. Verb.  (transitive) To exclude; to specify as being an exception.
  2. Verb.  (intransitive) To take exception, to object ('''to''' or '''against''').
  3. Preposition.  With the exception of; but.
  4. Conjunction.  With the exception (that); used to introduce a clause, phrase or adverb forming an exception or qualification to something previously stated.
  5. Conjunction.  (archaic) Unless; used to introduce a hypothetical case in which an exception may exist.

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